December 9th, 1942

Born on December 9th, 1942

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What happened on December 9th?

December 9th, 2016

Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, was impeached, marking the culmination of the country's political scandal.

December 9th, 2008

Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was arrested for a number of corruption crimes, including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat that was being vacated by then-President-elect Barack Obama.

December 9th, 1981

Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner; his subsequent conviction and death sentence generated controversy in the United States.

December 9th, 1979

A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, making it the only human infectious disease to date to have been completely eradicated.

December 9th, 1969

U.S. secretary of state William P. Rogers proposed a plan, later called the Rogers Plan, for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt's and Jordan's acceptance of the plan over Palestine Liberation Organization objections led to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.

December 9th, 1968

Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse (pictured), hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).

December 9th, 1965

A large, brilliant fireball was seen by thousands in midwestern North America before crash landing in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.

December 9th, 1961

Tanganyika Territory gained independence from Britain before becoming part of Tanzania three years later.

December 9th, 1948

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Genocide Convention, which defines genocide in legal terms and advises its signatories to prevent and punish such actions.

December 9th, 1940

Second World War: British and Commonwealth forces began Operation Compass, the first major Allied military operation of the Western Desert campaign.

December 9th, 1917

First World War: Hussein al-Husayni, the Ottoman mayor of Jerusalem, surrendered the city to British forces (pictured).

December 9th, 1911

A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 miners despite a well-organized rescue effort led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

December 9th, 1905

Legislation establishing state secularism in France was passed by the Chamber of Deputies.

December 9th, 1897

French actress, journalist and leading suffragette Marguerite Durand founded the feminist newspaper La Fronde.

December 9th, 1892

The English association football club Newcastle United was founded by the merger of Newcastle East End and West End.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 9th

Born on December 9th, 1942

71

Joe McGinniss

American writer (1942-2014)

*December 9th, 1942, New York City †March 10th, 2014, Worcester

74

William Turnage

American conservationist (1942-2017)

*December 9th, 1942, Tucson †October 15th, 2017, Mill Valley

54

Billy Bremner

Scottish association football player and manager

*December 9th, 1942, Stirling †December 7th, 1997, Doncaster

71

Germain Gagnon

Canadian ice hockey player (1942-2014)

*December 9th, 1942, Chicoutimi †October 26th, 2014

76

Stefan Danailov

Bulgarian actor (1942-2019)

*December 9th, 1942, Sofia †November 27th, 2019, Sofia

81

Daisy Granados

Cuban actress

*December 9th, 1942, Cienfuegos

79

Alex Gilady

Israeli journalist

*December 9th, 1942, Tehran †April 13th, 2022, London

81

David Harsent

English poet, writer

*December 9th, 1942, Devon

80

Dick Butkus

American football player

*December 9th, 1942, Chicago †October 5th, 2023, Malibu

78

Fred Jones

Australian former rugby league footballer

*December 9th, 1942, Sydney †March 20th, 2021

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62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

77

Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician

*December 9th, 1946, Lusiana

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

70

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

69

Jean-Claude Juncker

Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019)

*December 9th, 1954, Redange

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

*December 9th, 1969, St. John's

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

61

Felicity Huffman

American actress

*December 9th, 1962, Bedford

82

Beau Bridges

American actor

*December 9th, 1941, Hollywood

54

Bixente Lizarazu

French association football player

*December 9th, 1969, Saint-Jean-de-Luz

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

*December 9th, 1916, Amsterdam †February 5th, 2020, Beverly Hills

80

Jimmy Owens

American jazz trumpeter, composer, lecturer, and educator

*December 9th, 1943, New York City

71

Mehmet Ali Birand

Turkish journalist (1941-2013)

*December 9th, 1941, Beyoğlu †January 17th, 2013, Şişli

52

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

82

Kirsti Andersen

Historian

*December 9th, 1941, Copenhagen

78

Shatrughan Sinha

Indian actor and politician

*December 9th, 1945, Patna

64

Pit Martin

Canadian ice hockey player

*December 9th, 1943, Rouyn-Noranda †November 30th, 2008, Rouyn-Noranda

75

Neil Innes

English writer, comedian, and musician (1944–2019)

*December 9th, 1944, Danbury †December 29th, 2019, Toulouse

57

Kirsten Gillibrand

United States Senator from New York since 2009

*December 9th, 1966, Albany

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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